Multiplex-shuttle embroidering-machine.



J. KRfisI.

MULTIPLEX SHUTTLE BMBROIDERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEBJ, 1911. I Y I Patented Feb.'13, 1912.

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A7TORNEY8 J. KRU'sI. MULTIPLEX SHUTTLE EMBROIDERING' MACHINE.

APPLIOA TION FILED PEBJ, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS J. KRfi'sI.

MULTIPLEX SHUTTLE EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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APPLIGATION FILED PEB.1, 1911.

J; KRiisI.

MULTIPLEX SHUTTLE EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IIBBJ, 1911.

1,017,421. Patented Feb. 13,1912.

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ATTORNEYS ence indicate corresponding JOHN KRUSI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGYlOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOM'ULTI- FLEX SHUTTLE EMBROID ERING YORK.

MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATIGN OF NEW MULTIPLEY-SHUTTLE EMBROIDERING-MACHINE.

Serial No. 605,855.

To all 207mm 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KnUsi, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Multiplex- Shuttle Embroidering-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

This inventionrelates to thattype of embroi'dering machines in which a frame provided with one or more strips of fabric is manipulated by means of a pantograph, so that an operator can follow an enlarged design which is reproduced on the fabric, by needles reciprocating through the fabric, because of the movement of the frame by the pantograph, but on a smaller scale than the original design. In such types of machine, while theoretically the design could be r produced any number of times by simply lengthening the.- frame and. the machine, practically, this is impossible, and yet it is desired to produce as many strips as is possible.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to so construct an embroidering machine that a plurality of fabrics in the same and different planes can be simultaneously embroidered from a single pattern.

A further object of this invention is to so position the separate fabrics, in preferably staggered relation, so that access may be had to any of the fabrics without removing the operating mechanism, and without disturbing the other fabrics.

These and further objects, together with the construction and combination of parts, will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of referparts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front view in elevation; Fig. 2 is a side view in elevation; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section, with parts broken away to show the underlying structure, and showing the needles in opposition to one of the strips of fabric but not piercing the same, and also showing the borers in their inoperative position; Fig. 4 is a view similar to F 3, showing the mechanism for the bores in its operative position, and

to the fabric frame,

showing in full and dotted lines the different positions of one of the borers and the operating mechanism therefor; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the needles in operation and piercing the fabric; Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken at right-angles to the view illustrated in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of the shuttle rail and shuttles, with the operating means therefor; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail of the mechanism for straightening the toggle in the borer-opemting mechanism.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts of this invention as embodied in the form shown in the drawings, 1 indicates the main frame, which may be provided with walks 2, whereby the operator may Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

pass along the side of the machine and keep watch of the working of the machine.

Suspended from the main frame 1. in any suitable manner, so as to have movement in any direction in a vertical plane, there is provided a fabric frame or yoke 3, which is shown in 2 to be in the form of an inverted U shaped frame having vertical rcachcs'el and 5 connected together so as to move in unison. The manner of suspending the yoke 3 may be of any suitable character, as for example, a plurality of flexible connections 5 passing over suitable pulleys 6 and connected to a suitable counterweight 7 whereby the weight of the fabric frame or yoke 3 can be counterbalanced, and thus permitthe fabric frame to be readily ,manipulated. This fabric frame 3 is adapted to be moved in the usual manner, by means of a pantograph S, which is fulcrumed at 9 fabric frame 3 at 10, so that the fabric frame 3 will move in synchronism with a pointer 11 on the long arm of the pantograph, but on a reduced scale, so as to reproduce a pattern on erator follows with the pointer 11.

In such machines as are now on the market, as far as is known, the frame 3 has but a single vertical reach, so that. the number of strips which can be produced is practito the main frame 1,'and is connected to the cally limited. As shown in this case, there are provided a plurality of reaches 4 and 5 which are adapted to support in any well known manner strips of fabric 13,14, 15 and 16, as for example by means of vertically spaced rollers 17 and 18, from one of which the fabric is adapted to a chart 12, which the op- Cit 6-3 It will thus be seen that a single machine in the position illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, the motion of the bell-crank-lever 56 will not operate the rods 51, so that the borers e5 will remain motionless relative to the op erator 19. However, when the links of the toggles 53, are forced into alinementwith each other, as illustrated in Fig. 4, any movement of the bell-crank-lever 56 due to the cam 57 will reciprocate the rod 51, and thus reciprocate the plungcrs i7 and the borers 45, so that the latter will pierce the strips of fabric and cut out the material desired.

It is to be understood that the fabric can be shifted by means of the pantograph, with the borers positioned in opposition to the desired point on the strips of fabric. The means for straightening the toggles may he of any suitable character, and in this case it is shown in the form of a telescopic link 59 (see Fig. 8), having a limited resilient movement when being pivotally connected to each of the toggles. The opposite end of each of these links is pivotally connccted to an adjusting screw rod 60, passing through a screw-nut 61 having a bevel gear 62 thereon. The bevel gears 62 mesh with corresponding bevel gears 63 on vertically-extending shafts 64. These shafts 64 are driven from a common shaft (35, extending longitudinally along the bottom of the frame by means of bevel gear connections, and this shaft-65 is itself adapted to be operated by a hand-crank (36 arranged in juxtaposition to the hand crank -14 and the chart 12, whereby the operator can read ily reach it. p

The operation of the device will be readily understood when taken in connection with the above description. With the needles 2O properly threaded and the separate strips of fabric in place, the attendant starts the machine, so that the operator 19 is driven or reciprocated back and forth, so that the needles 20 will pierce the fabric and cooperate with the shuttles 27 in back of the fabric at the same time that the operator manipulates the pointer 11 over a design on the chart 12, so that the fabric yoke or frame 3 will be moved back and forth in front of the needles corresponding to the stitches on the chart, thereby reproducing the design on the chart, on a smaller scale. \Vhen it is desired to cut out portions of the fabric to be inclosed by a bordered design, the cam driving the operator 19 may be stopped, and the toggle 53 brought into aiinenicnt with the rod 51, and the cams 57 started, so as to reciprocate the rod Bl, and thus actuate the borers 45, the attendant meanwhilemanipulating the pointer 11 to the desired position, so as-to bring the borers in proper opposition to the several strips of fabric.

can be used to embroider and operate on a plurality of strips of fabric arranged both in different elevations in the same plane and in different vertical planes, without interfering with each other, and all producing the same design as many times as-desired. The particular staggered relation of the strips of fabric permits the operators to have access to the needles and fabric being embroidered, without any trouble whatsoever.

\Vhile I have shown one embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the specific details thereof, but desire to be protected in various changes, alterations and modifications which may come within the scopeof the appended claims.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent 1. In an embroider-ing machine, the combination w1th a frame, of a floating fabric frame movably mounted on said first-mentioned frame, said floating fabric frame having a plurality of reaches extending in different vertical planes and each adapted to support one or more strips of fabric to be embroidered, an operator interposed between said reaches, and needles extending from opposite sides of said operator and adapted to alternately engage strips of fabric on said reaches, located on opposite sides of said operator.

In an embroider-ing machine, the combination with a frame, of a floating fabric frame movably mounted on said first-mentioned frame, said floating fabric frame having a plurality of reaches extending in different vertical planes and each adapted to support one or more strips of fabric to be embroidered, an operator interposed between said reaches, needles extending from opposite sides of said operator and adapted to alternately engage strips of fabric on said reaches, located on opposite sides of said operator, borers movably mounted in said op erator and directed in opposite directions on opposite sides of said operator so as to engage strips of fabric on said reaches located on opposite sides of said operator, and means for manipulating said borers.

3. In an embroidering machine, the com bination with a frame, of a floating fabric frame movably mounted on said first-mentioned frame, said floating fabric frame having a plurality of reaches extending in different vertical planes and each adapted to support one or. more strips of fabric to be embroidered, an operator interposed between said reach-es, needles extending from opposite sides of said operator and adapted to alternately engage stripsof fabric on said reaches, located on opposite sides of. said operator, and means for reciprocating said operator.

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